What a bunch of useless fucking cowards: Senate Democrats emerged from a special caucus meeting Monday night determined to pass a health-care bill by Christmas — but without the Medicare buy-in plan that liberals had sought as an alternative to a government insurance option. The Medicare buy-in was never warmly embraced by moderate Democrats, but […]
The “God Hates Fags” idiots of Westboro Church, lead by Fred Phelps, had thousands of dollars in damage caused by a fire this weekend: Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, known for its vocal condemnations of homosexuality, website GodHatesFags.com and picketing of gay pride parades and funerals, has sustained thousands of dollars in damage after […]
And yes I am talking about the Democrats: After weeks of tough talk, Democrats appear resigned to back down again on providing money for the Iraq war. What happened? “Republicans, Republicans, Republicans,” said Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “The real problem here is the president and his Republican backers” who […]
From the administration that HATES everything America stands for: A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, a deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s private communications […]
Worse President Ever! Meanwhile, Bush reached an unwelcome record. By 64%-31%, Americans disapprove of the job he is doing. For the first time in the history of the Gallup Poll, 50% say they “strongly disapprove” of the president. Richard Nixon had reached the previous high, 48%, just before an impeachment inquiry was launched in 1974. […]
Now it appears the Pelosi and Reid aren’t even going to try and fight for ending the Iraq War: Democratic leaders in Congress are quietly preparing to give President Bush essentially everything he wants to keep the Iraq war going for at least another six months without forcing any change in course. Swept into power […]
There was a lot of discussion about the CNN/YouTube Democratic debate on the talk shows yesterday, but there was no mention of the stalled Republican debate? Why don’t the Sunday talking heads want people to know the Republicans are to chicken to take questions from the people? They sure talked it up when the Democrats […]
Ouch this has to hurt: A local Marine who service in Iraq earned several medals for serving his country, but he’s giving back one of the medals to the White House as a form of protest. Sgt. Matthew Bee is a decorated Akron Marine who spent seven months in Hadeetha, serving with the 3rd Battalion […]
Now that the war-mongering lunatics of the right-wing are preparing their latest in viscous attacks, murthalied.com, we find out that Murtha has been telling the truth all along: The U.S. military charged a soldier with voluntary manslaughter on Sunday for shooting an unarmed Iraqi man in February, the latest of several such cases to come […]
This is truly disgusting. We send these people over to fight in a war that illegal and based upon fabrications, misinterpretations and flat-out lies, yet our country refuses to do anything for them. Thousands of U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are facing a new nightmare – the risk of homelessness. The U.S. government […]